News for Restaurants in Las Vegas March 2012 Archive

If you haven't picked a place to eat tonight, you're in luck. Gayot has all the restaurant news for your area right here. Learn which new restaurants have opened in Las Vegas and which restaurants in Las Vegas have recently closed. Find out where your favorite chefs are cooking and locate special events.

RESTAURANT NEWS

Openings

Flamingo Las Vegas has announced its newest restaurant, Center Cut Steakhouse, which will debut in April. The menu will feature huge cuts, including a 20-ounce rib-eye and 24-ounce porterhouse, made with all-natural, hormone- and steroid-free beef sourced from Aspen Ridge Farms in Colorado. The menu will also offer a wide variety of seafood entrées, a Kobe-style burger and rack of lamb. The restaurant will be located in the former Burger Joint space and will accommodate up to 172 guests with a bar, lounge, restaurant and private dining room. A black and white décor with pink accents will suggest a classic Vegas atmosphere, enhanced with plasma screens throughout the restaurant, displaying photo montages from the 1940’s to today, a nod to the 66 years the Flamingo has been in operation on the Las Vegas Strip. Center Cut Steakhouse, 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109, 702-733-3111, 888-308-8899.

Chef Pierre Gagnaire Cooking in Las Vegas from March 22-30Chef Pierre Gagnaire will be cooking in the kitchen of his only U.S. restaurant, Twist by Pierre Gagnaire at the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas, and interacting with guests from March 22-30. The acclaimed chef will present new additions to the spring menu, includingMishima Ranch waygu beef and aiguillettes of Maine lobster served with a ragout of ginger, mango, banana and green-apple brunoise. During chef’s visit a special three-course menu will be served for $105, or $175 including wine pairings; a six-course menu will be priced at $189, or $295 including wine pairings and $350 with a grand wine pairing; and a Krug Champagne-themed dinner will be available for $1198. For reservations or more information, email molas-twist@mohg.com or call 888-881-9367. Twist by Pierre Gagnaire, Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas, CityCenter, 3752 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89158, 702-590-8888.

Joseph Leibowitz has been appointed the new executive chef of Tableau at Wynn Las Vegas. A native New Yorker, Leibowitz trained at the New York Institute of Technology, and worked as sous chef at The Bellport in New York City and also at Tavern on The Green, prior to relocating to Las Vegas to join the team at Wynn. Before taking the helm at Tableau, Leibowitz worked as chef de cuisine at Stratta at Wynn Las Vegas, and worked alongside executive chef Alex Stratta for more than six years. Tableau, Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109, 702-770-3463, 888-320-WYNN.

Union Restaurant & Lounge at Aria Resort & Casino has closed. The steakhouse on the casino floor had been open since the Aria itself opened in 2009. There has been no announcement regarding its replacement. Union Restaurant & Lounge, Aria Resort & Casino, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89158, no phone.